Not a Witch

"Yes, I found out that Iyena's brother is over there, so I want to send Iyena there." After helping the northern knights purchase food for the past two days, the girl began to investigate the rebels in the southern border. , and Yi Yena's brother happens to be a good entry point.

"Well, I wanted to keep you staying on the battlements of Dragonheart for a few more days. This is the capital of the southern border, and it is also the most prosperous place." Miss Charlene regretted that the headquarter of the Roentgen Chamber of Commerce was here, and she He also has his own house in the city.

"Next time, Sister Charlene." Lorraine Hill still had a lot to do.

"Well, but you don't have to be restrained in the future, don't feel troublesome to me. I really want to see what you look like in a few years, maybe you will become more powerful again, giggling." Charlene covered her mouth and smiled , and then handed Lorraine Hill a metal nameplate.

"Take this. If you meet someone from the Roentgen Chamber of Commerce in the future, you can get some help and save a lot of trouble."

"Thank you."

"That's it, goodbye."

"Goodbye, Sister Charlene." Iyena also waved her hand to bid farewell to the business lady who treated her well.

Standing under the tall city gate, Charlene watched the two leave in the carriage, and waved her hands. The warm orange sun reflected on the cold mountain, and the snow-covered woods were also covered with a layer of warm color.

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Lionheart Province, the white and clean castle stands on a high cliff, and occasionally a winged griffin flies by, hovering and landing in the castle. This is a palace of the Salius family.

"Master Jelanen."

On the spacious courtyard grass, about twenty maids dressed in black and white stood on both sides, bowing to the man who stepped off the back of the griffin.

"Don't be so polite, get up."

Jailan greeted him casually, and then asked his followers to lead the griffin to a lair not far away, while he led a group of knights to the mansion not far away.

"Is Father already waiting for me here?" This is not the place where the Salius family usually lives, but a mansion that is occasionally used for vacation.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Duke arrived yesterday, and is currently waiting for your return, young master." The butler at the side walked ahead to guide Jailan, talking about the latest situation.

"Now the cold wave in the north is gradually moving down, and some fiefdoms in our territory have also suffered from snowstorms. Many lords have rushed to the lord's house to ask for help."

"Oh, is the situation serious?" Jailan asked as he walked, remembering that before returning, he met a group of northern knights on the border. They seemed to have purchased a lot of food at the border market.

"We can hold on at the moment. After all, there used to be a lot of grain storage, but it will be hard to say if it takes a long time. Now all parts of the empire are starting to hoard grain, and many nobles have even ordered that the grain in their fiefdoms is strictly prohibited from going out. "

"Thanks for your hard work."

As they spoke, the two walked into the restaurant on the second floor, opened the door, and several familiar people were already seated on the long dining table.

"Father, I'm back." Jailan bowed to the gray-haired old man in the first seat, and then looked down at the first few people.

One of them is my younger sister Fan Tina, her husband and children, and two younger brothers who have just grown up. I heard that they will go to school in Emenas next year.

"Sit down." The old Griffin Duke nodded without expressing much. He has always been so cold and solemn, making it hard to get close to.

The meal started, and the two younger brothers looked at the eldest brother curiously, then lowered their heads and ate quietly.

After lunch, the maids came to clear the table.

The old duke raised his gray pupils and looked at Gerann, "Leaving for Titania in three days, you understand."

"Yes, Father." Jailan bowed his head and responded, unable to see the expression on his face.

"Hmph." The old prince stood up and led the people away.

Afterwards Valentina also got up to take her leave with her husband, and walked away quickly.She was present this time only as a duty not to be scolded by the old prince.

In the end, only Jelan and his two young brothers were left in the room.

"Brother Jaylan, you're finally back." The two finally couldn't help being happy after seeing the others leave. They jumped up and surrounded Jaylan, and happily asked about the situation in the south.

"Is it fun there?"

"Did you see the dragon, or did you bring us dragon scales?"

"Aren't the noble ladies in the southern border prettier? I heard from Barbaza that girls over there are popular in wearing black stockings."

"It's delicious. Is there anything new? Didn't the emperor say that those alchemists made a lot of new things?"

The two chattered non-stop, like hungry birds waiting to be fed, which made Jaylan feel dizzy for a while.

"You all come one by one. Grace will find it for you about gifts and so on. I did bring something back."

"Really, let's take a look..." As they spoke, the two of them surrounded the elder brother all the way to the gate of the mansion.

Afterwards, the three of them went to the place where the luggage was stored together, and later asked Jailan to tell them various things. It was not until several hours later that the curiosity and enthusiasm of the two gradually faded away.

"I see, it's not as fun as I thought before, hey."

"Let's look forward to going to Emenas later."

"Are there many beautiful girls there? I heard that they are girls from the elf clan." The two younger brothers were in their youth, and their interest in the opposite sex far surpassed their extraordinary abilities.

"Elves? There are indeed, but they might belong to a girl of your grandma's age." Jailan looked at the two boys in front of him with a smile, and then rubbed their hair.

"It's better to find a human girl who is about the same age as me. After all, we are griffins in the mountains, and we cannot marry elves like unicorns." Jie Lanen said the hidden rules among nobles, as For the king of the western region, marrying a forest elf would be a bit of an arrogance. This is usually the royal privilege, or the style of the nobles in the eastern region.

"I'll test you this time to see how your sword practice is going." After sitting on the side fence of the corridor for a while, Jailan asked the maid to find three wooden swords, and asked his two younger brothers to be his opponents.

"I'm sure you won't be able to beat Big Brother, but if Big Brother Jie Lanen lets us go together, maybe we can surprise you." The two looked at each other with sly smiles.

"Then let's go together." After finishing speaking, the three of them came and went on the grass, relying purely on sword skills and physical combat without using extraordinary power.

"Haha..." An hour later, the three lay panting on the grass, smiling and looking at the sky.

"Very good, your cooperation just now." Jailan commented.

"Of course, we are super powerful. Just wait, brother. In a few years, we will surpass you."

"Then I have to look forward to it, ha ha."

After speaking, the three of them quietly closed their eyes and rested their minds, feeling the gentle breeze blowing on their bodies. Now the winter in the western region is coming to an end.

When the sun gradually set and it was past four o'clock in the afternoon, Jelan and his two younger brothers took a walk in this ancient courtyard.

"I heard that this is the earliest mansion of our family. It was at the beginning of the Third Epoch, and there wasn't even a Griffon Principality." The two talked about the records they found in the study recently.

"After the ancestors developed, the place became empty instead, and only a few times they would come here for vacation and play."

"Anyway, it's quite mysterious." The two walked ahead, looking at the wall on one side of the corridor, which was covered with green vines, covering the weathered cracks on the wall, giving it a sense of remoteness and tranquility.

"But that's fine. I don't like the noisy appearance of the host's house. There are many relatives and children, some of whom are very stupid."

"It's more comfortable here, hehe." The two started to run forward together as they said, as if they were going to be faster than anyone else, and they climbed up the mountain wall in front of them first.

"Hey." Stepping on the gray rock wall, the two nimbly jumped up the hill, and then waved to Jailan below.

"Come on, Brother Jailan."

"These two guys." Jailan shook his head, then took a few steps up and kicked up, and then he heard the two people gloating and laughing.

It turned out that there was a big pit hidden behind the mountain wall, and the two just happened to stand by the pit.

Seeing this slight movement of his figure, Jaylann changed his previous relaxed posture and stepped down heavily, stepping on the soil at the bottom of the pit, shaking the two of them down with an exclamation.

The two rolled a few times on the dirt slope, and slid to the bottom of the pit in a hurry before they stopped.

"Bah." Spitting out the mud they gnawed in their mouths, the two of them showed bitterness.

"It hurts." Then one of them squatted down with sweat on his forehead and covered his ankle.

"Don't make such pranks, it's okay that it's me, if your sister sees it, you'll probably have to beat me up again." Seeing this, Jailan shook his head.

"No, I was really injured this time, big brother." The younger brother who was squatting looked up, his eyes were a little wet.

"Really, let me see. It seems that I really sprained my ankle, and it bleeds when I touch it." Seeing the socks on his ankles gradually turning red, Jailan also realized at this moment.

"But it's full of dirt here, so how could you hit your feet?" As he spoke, he looked at the slope above with some doubts, only to find a corner of the stone exposed, which looked like it was part of a certain stone tablet.

After simply bandaging the wound on the younger brother's foot, Jailan climbed up the hillside again and pushed aside the accumulated soil, only to find the complete stele inside.

"The handwriting is a bit unclear, and it is severely corroded. It seems to be something from a long time ago." The three of them looked at the stone tablet with a little curiosity.

"Is there any more in the back? It always feels like it's not the only one."

"Indeed." As he spoke, Jelan's eyes were fixed, and then he swung his palm down obliquely, took the white blade, and plunged into the mountain wall, cutting away a lot of dirt.

After repeating this a few times, the things behind are slowly revealed, and the color is as black as ink, even if it has been buried for so many years, it has not decayed.

Finally, the three of them dragged the cuboid object out of the soil, and then looked at it carefully.

It seems to be made of some kind of rare extraordinary hardwood, with golden pattern decoration on the edge, and the logo of the Salius family in the middle, a gilded griffin pattern, surrounded by unknown white flowers, which is very beautiful.

"This is something from our family, but it looks like a coffin?" A younger brother looked puzzled and stepped forward to knock, but it felt like a solid rock and there was no response.

"Could it be the treasure buried by the ancestors inside." The other also expressed his thoughts, a little eager to try.

"I think, I'd better ask my father." Jaylann looked at the black hardwood cube in front of him, and frowned slightly. Even with his extraordinary strength, he couldn't detect what was hidden in it, which was a bit dangerous.

"Blood, yes, blood." One of the younger brothers seemed to think of something, happily wiped a little blood on his ankle, and then pressed it in the middle of the griffin pattern.

"No, how can it be opened so easily..." One of them shook his head with a smile, but suddenly his mouth was stuck, and he stared blankly ahead.

The tightly sealed cube suddenly made a slight sound, and the original chirping of birds and insects in the surrounding forest suddenly quieted down, as if being choked by an invisible creature.

The world has become extremely quiet.

In Jaylan En's extraordinary perception, a cold breath mixed with decaying dust overflowed from the coffin, calming him down, like some kind of giant beast crouching in front of him, making him dare not act rashly.

Then the three of them watched as a tiny slit opened in the coffin, and strands of white hair came out of it. These hairs seemed to be alive, spreading to the surroundings, gradually covering the earth, winding around the tree trunks, covering the sky, from Hanging from above.

The originally bright earth pit became extremely dim, as if it was getting dark, and under the shocking eyes of the three people, the coffin gradually opened and slid down completely, revealing the sleeping figure inside.

With pure white hair, pure white dress, pure white eyebrows, and pure white eyelashes, this sleeping girl looks to be only about 15 years old, thin and weak, and her skin is as white as flawless marble.

When she slowly opened her eyes, Jailan seemed to see a phantom. The pure white hairs in her vision fell off and turned into pure white rocks, and the originally messy and ordinary earth pits also became solemn and beautiful. Beautiful marble temple, clean and sacred.

An arc-shaped staircase was formed step by step, surrounding the black coffin. After that, the pure white girl floated up slowly, and then fell gently. Her bare feet stepped on the white staircase, and its color seemed to be consistent with the environment. .

"I am the witch carved on the holy white stone, Imitation Waslin, are you the descendants of Auslin?"

The brave lion, Oslin, a hero thousands of years ago, led the mountain people in the chaos and disaster, guarded the fortress, saved countless people, and then died of exhaustion, buried in the tomb of the Holy Duke, and canonized as a saint. It is also the ancestor of the Salius family, the origin of the Griffin Principality.

"Exactly."

The three of them slowly knelt down and squatted halfway in front of the girl, and the voice from the holy and the rock descended from it, entangled around them.

'May you be like carved holy white lions, fearless of swords, spears, halberds, cold, wind and fire, until the glorious victory. '

The ancient power of the witch, like a blessing, is also like a curse, slowly added to the body.

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In the far north, the wilderness where thousands of snowflakes are flying.